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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | J. Howard Edmondson |
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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma , United States |
| Email | None |
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September 27, 1925
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| Died | November 17, 1971
(46 years)
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| Contributor | eddy 9_99 |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | EDMONDSON, James Howard, (Brother of Edmond A. Edmondson), a Senator from Oklahoma; born in Muskogee, Okla., September 27, 1925; attended the public schools; during the Second World War enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps 1943-1945; graduated from the law department of the University of Oklahoma at Norman 1948; admitted to the bar and began the practice of law in Muskogee the same year; moved to Tulsa in 1953 and became chief prosecutor in the Tulsa County attorney's office; unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Oklahoma 1953; elected Tulsa County attorney 1954 and reelected in 1956; Governor of Oklahoma 1959-1963, when he resigned and was immediately appointed on January 7, 1963, as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Robert S. Kerr, and served from January 7, 1963, to November 3, 1964; unsuccessful candidate for nomination to fill the vacancy in 1964; returned to Oklahoma City and resumed the practice of law; died in Edmond, Okla., November 17, 1971; interment in Memorial Park Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Okla.
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